The wonder of Hungary. Closer than you think.

"Every Friday afternoon beside the village bell tower, growers and artisans from the Őrség sell home-grown and handmade produce directly to visitors in one of Hungary's most ethnographically intact rural villages."

Szalafői termelői piac

"A beloved open-cellar wine and harvest festival in the hillside Tokaj wine village of Erdőbénye, where locals throw open their pincék for tastings, outdoor dinners and intimate concerts over four summer nights."

Bor, Mámor, Bénye

"A ten-day chamber-music, jazz and theatre festival rooted for over three decades in Tokaj-Hegyalja's castle courtyards, gothic basilicas, wine-cellar terraces and village reformed churches from Sárospatak to Erdőhorváti."

Zempléni Fesztivál

"A Great Plain cooking competition in its 25th year where teams vie to make the definitive Sárrét-style mutton pörkölt alongside pastry contests and traditional food in the flat grassland landscape of Békés county."

Mágori Fesztivál - XXV. Sárréti Birkapörköltfőző Verseny

"Hungary's 52-year-old grape harvest festival on the Platán beach at Lake Balaton, pouring wines from all 22 of the country's wine regions across five free days of concerts, folk craft stalls and a traditional szüreti procession."

Boglári Szüreti Fesztivál

"A unique dual-harvest festival in the Balaton village of Vonyarcvashegy that celebrates both wine grapes and table grapes side by side, with tastings, food stalls and music against the backdrop of the lake."

Bor- és Csemegeszőlő Fesztivál

"One of Hungary's oldest and most celebrated folk fairs, held beside the iconic Nine-Hole Bridge on the Hortobágy puszta, with craft stalls, horsemen's parades, folk music and traditional plainsman food rooted in the early 19th century."

Hortobágyi Hídivásár

"Abony's national-day ceremony on Hungary's founding saint's feast day opens with a brass-band reveille, moves through a civic gathering and high mass, and culminates in a procession and the blessing of the new bread."

Szent István-napi Ünnepség

"A patron-saint fair on the feast of Saint James featuring a szüreti felvonulás harvest procession, cooking contest, and stage performances in a Great Plain market village named after the saint himself."

Jakab-napi Vigasság

"A gathering of hot-pepper growers and chilli enthusiasts on the scenic Danube Bend, where competitors bring fiery paprika varieties from across Hungary and beyond to be tasted, judged, and celebrated in this small riverside town opposite Visegrád."

Nagymarosi Csípős Fesztivál

"Kiskőrös, birthplace of poet Petőfi Sándor, hosts this harvest and ethnic heritage festival on Petőfi tér, celebrating the town's Slovak minority traditions alongside szüreti processions, wine tasting and folk craft stalls."

Kiskőrösi Szüreti és Nemzetiségi Napok

"A traditional Balaton-shore harvest celebration featuring a ceremonial grape pressing, szüreti felvonulás procession, and stage performances in a small wine village between Keszthely and Badacsony."

Szüreti Vigasságok Gyenesdiáson

"A harvest-season chicken paprikás cook-off on the meadows of a Baranya wine village, combining a szüreti bál street dance, craft fair, and concerts in a community rooted in Swabian and Hungarian traditions."

Szüreti Csirkepaprikás-főző Fesztivál

"A uniquely Hungarian almond harvest celebration in a tiny Balaton-felvidék village, where visitors join the almond pressing and compete in a nut-cracking contest, one of the very few almond-harvest customs still observed in Central Europe."

Mandulaszüreti Programok

"A traditional village patronal fair on Inárcs's central square with a carousel, craft market, kürtőskalács bakers, and the convivial neighbourhood atmosphere of a genuine Hungarian búcsú."

Inárcsi Hagyományos Búcsú

"A three-day village harvest festival in the Great Plain commune of Ballószög, featuring a traditional szüreti procession, folk craft market, local gastronomy, stage concerts and children's programmes."

XXI. Ballószögi Szüreti Napok

"The 47th edition of Kiskunhalas's szüreti festival on the main square, a 30-plus-year-old tradition of grape harvest processions, folk dance groups, a wine courtyard and headline concerts on the Southern Great Plain."

47. Halasi Szüreti Fesztivál

"Hungary's longest harvest procession winds through the volcanic basalt hillside vineyards above Lake Balaton, followed by wine tastings, concerts, and craft markets at one of Hungary's most celebrated wine villages."

Badacsonyi Szüret

"Hungary's longest and most colourful harvest procession winds from Badacsonytomaj to Badacsony along the main lakeside road, with folk dance troupes, horsemen, wine orders, fire jugglers, and brass bands celebrating the 62nd edition of this beloved volcanic-hillside vintage festival."

62. Badacsonyi Szüret

"A cheerful Paloc village food festival in tiny Vanyarc built around sztrapacska (potato-dumpling) cooking competitions, folklore performances and a haluska-eating contest celebrating the Slovak-Hungarian culinary heritage of Nograd."

Vanyarci Haluskafesztivál

"A grape-harvest celebration in the medieval Danube Bend town of Visegrád, combining wine, music and szüreti traditions in the shadow of the hilltop castle."

Szüreti mulatság

"A harvest festival revived in 1979 that remains the most eagerly awaited event in this puszta village, famous for its traditional mounted procession led by vineyard guards in historic costume with a judge pair and harvest court."

KerekFeszt

"A cheerful Great Plain harvest celebration in a small Szolnok-county village combining traditional programmes, live music, local food, and the communal joy of the grape-gathering season."

Nyársapáti Szüreti Mulatság

"Vonyarcvashegy's traditional village day and farewell fair marks the close of the Balaton summer season with crafts, local food and the warm communal spirit of a lakeside Hungarian búcsú."

Vonyarci Falunap és Búcsú

"Held in Kalocsa's historic Érsekkert park, this paprika-harvest celebration centres on a competitive paprika-dish cook-off, a Hungarian Grey cattle pörkölt contest, and folk-embroidery and folk-dance displays honouring the town's two Hungaricum designations: its fűszerpaprika spice and its distinctive painted folk art."

Kalocsai Paprika- és Gasztrofesztivál

"The Őrség's signature autumn festival puts the oilseed pumpkin at the centre of three days of traditional seed-oil pressing, pumpkin-lantern carving, folk concerts and craft markets spread across four villages in Hungary's most unspoilt national park."

XXII. Őrségi Tökfesztivál

"A two-day harvest fair renowned far beyond the village, with a Friday cook-off followed by a spectacular Saturday szüreti felvonulás procession and a street dance along the village's main road."

Bócsai Szüreti Napok

"A harvest festival centred on the centuries-old rhyolite-tuff cave cellars of a Northern Hungarian wine village, where visitors can taste estate wines, watch folk dancing, and browse a craft market."

Bogácsi Szüreti Mulatság

"A two-day Danube-side harvest festival in the historic small town of Dunaföldvár, with a szüreti procession, cooking competitions, a wine lane, folk dance galas and concerts at the riverside market square."

Dunaföldvári Szüreti Fesztivál

"An annual festival in the geometric heart of the Tokaj wine region devoted entirely to aszú, the centuries-old noble-rot wine whose late-harvested berries are celebrated with cellar tours, tastings, and cultural events."

Aszú Ünnep Erdőbényén

"Hungary's flagship red-wine harvest festival, held since 1987 along Villány's historic cellar row, brings a costumed harvest procession, barrel-rolling, and open-cellar tastings of world-class Cabernet Franc and Portugieser through a village of just three thousand souls."

Villányi Vörösbor Fesztivál

"Hungary's oldest continuously running harvest festival, held since 1932 in the UNESCO World Heritage wine town of Tokaj, features a costumed harvest procession, a ceremonial grape-merging ritual by regional mayors, and cellar-row tastings of Furmint and Aszú."

Tokaj-hegyaljai Szüreti Napok

"Mór's prestigious autumn wine days celebrate the town's celebrated Ezerjó white wine with traditional szüreti events, folk and cultural programmes and thousands of visitors converging on Hungary's Fejér wine country."

Móri Bornapok

"A lakeside Balaton-felvidék festival celebrating murci, the fermenting must that stands halfway between grape juice and new wine, with harvest merrymaking, a sokadalom fair, and folk music on the Ábrahámhegy beach."

Murcifesztivál Ábrahámhegy

"Balatonfüred's beloved three-day grape harvest festival at the Kisfaludy Színpad brings together wine orders, folk dancers, a szüreti procession and tastings of Balaton-Felvidék wines beside the lake."

Füredi Szüret

"An autumn gastronomic and cultural festival on the Badacsony beach celebrating the end of the lakeside season with food workshops, chef demonstrations, local wine, and a programme that blends late-harvest Balaton atmosphere with culinary creativity."

Füge Fesztivál

"A community harvest custom in the secluded Nivegy valley above Lake Balaton, where the villages of this ancient wine-growing hollow join for a szüreti felvonulás procession and murci new-wine celebration rooted in Balaton-felvidék folk tradition."

Nivegy-völgyi Murci Fesztivál

"On the UNESCO World Heritage puszta, the ancient St Demetrius-day cattle-driving ceremony sees grey cattle herded to winter pastures past the Nine-Arch Bridge, coinciding with the mass autumn migration of tens of thousands of common cranes over the Hortobágy marshes."

Hortobágy Behajtás és Darufesztivál

"A UNESCO-listed Shrovetide carnival in the small Danube-side town of Mohács where the Šokac community's hand-carved wooden-mask busó figures parade through the streets, ring cowbells, cross the Danube by boat, and burn a winter coffin on the riverbank to ritually chase away the cold season."

Mohácsi Busójárás

"In the UNESCO World Heritage Palóc village of Hollókő, Easter weekend brings the locsolkodás water-sprinkling custom to life with villagers in full traditional Palóc dress, folk singing and dance, egg-painting workshops, and Palóc regional cuisine served from the cobblestoned Old Village (Ófalu)."

Hollókői Húsvéti Fesztivál

"A three-day wine festival held in Sárospatak's atmospheric Saint Elizabeth Street, where cellars open beside the Rákóczi castle walls and winemakers from across Tokaj-Hegyalja compete and pour in a vine-canopied riverside setting."

Sárospataki Borfesztivál

"A midsummer weekend celebration in Villány's wine-village rendezvénytér dedicated entirely to the rosé wines of the Villány wine region, paired with local gastronomy and live concerts along the cellar row."

Villányi Rozé Fesztivál

"The Őrség's premier pottery gathering assembles master potters from across Hungary in a village famous for its living ceramics tradition, with wheel-throwing demonstrations, specialist talks and a craft market in the Veleméri valley."

XXV. Fazekas Napok

"The annual village fair in Nagykörű, a cherry-orchard village on the Tisza plain, brings together local food producers, folk artisans, pálinka makers and folk dancers in a quintessentially unhurried Hungarian country fair."

Nagykörű Körű Village Fair

"One of Lake Balaton's oldest and most elegant summer festivals, culminating in the 201st Anna Ball, a grand lakeside dance tradition dating back to the early nineteenth century."

Anna Fesztivál

"A multi-day lakeside wine celebration in the small Balaton village of Vonyarcvashegy showcasing the characterful white wines of the Balaton-felvidék wine region with cellar-door tastings, vineyard storytelling and waterfront stalls."

Vonyarci Boros Forgatag

"Hungary's oldest multi-arts festival, running since 1989, transforms the tiny Balaton-upland villages of Kapolcs, Taliándörögd and Vigántpetend into a ten-day open-air cultural playground of folk music, theatre, crafts, and community celebration."

Művészetek Völgye

"A pop-up wine-yard festival in the Matra foothills at the Farkasmaly wine estate, combining local Matra-region producers, live music and gastronomy in a forested hillside setting above the Gyongyos valley."

Farkasmály Borudvar Pop-up Fesztivál

"International folk dance and music ensembles from across Europe and beyond perform on open-air stages beside Lake Balaton's elegant southern-shore resort town of Balatonföldvár."

"Summer at Lake Balaton" Nemzetközi Néptánc és Zene Fesztivál

"Ten days of volcanic-hill wine tastings, open-air concerts, and lakeside strolling on the Badacsony waterfront promenade, celebrating the distinctive Olaszrizling, Kéknyelű, and Szürkebarát grapes of this dramatic Balaton wine region."

Badacsonyi Borhetek

"The 30th edition of a beloved outdoor brass-band gathering on the Lake Balaton shore at Vonyarcvashegy, drawing ensembles in polished uniforms for a gleaming summer concert under Balaton sunshine."

Vonyarcvashegyi Fúvószenekari Találkozó

"The 30th edition of Vonyarcvashegy's brass band gathering brings ensembles to the Lake Balaton waterfront for a single sun-drenched afternoon of marching music and community celebration."

XXX. Vonyarcvashegyi Fúvószenekar Találkozó

"A community folk-music and barn-dance gathering in the hidden Tisza-plain village of Nagykörű that keeps alive the Hungarian táncház tradition far from the tourist circuit, with live folk bands and open dancing."

Nagykörű Folk Music-Dance Meet and Barn Dance

"A waterside weekend on Lake Balaton honouring Vonyarcvashegy's fishing heritage with traditional dishes, community storytelling, and a shared sense of generational memory beside the lake."

40 Halász Emléknap

"Ten consecutive August evenings in a tiny Balaton Uplands hamlet where local winemakers open their cellars and serve their best wines to visitors on open-air terraces overlooking the lake."

Ábrahámhegyi Bornapok

"A five-day multi-arts festival held since 2008 across the tiny wine-country villages of Nagyharsány, Beremend and Villánykövesd, bringing theatre, concerts, exhibitions and workshops to the rolling vineyards of the Villány hills."

Ördögkatlan Fesztivál

"A rare double celebration of Badacsony's signature Szürkebarát (Pinot Gris) grape and the ancient Hungarian Grey Cattle breed, held in a dramatic Balaton hillside wine village."

Badacsonyi Szürkebarát és Magyar Szürkemarha Ünnepe

"A dedicated celebration of Badacsony's celebrated Szürkebarát (Pinot Gris) grape and the ancient Hungarian Grey Cattle breed, set in the small lakeside wine village of Badacsonytördemic with tastings, demonstrations, and folk atmosphere."

Badacsonyi Szürkebarát és Magyar Szürkemarha Ünnepe